Team Aqua
- If you're looking for the theme deck from EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua, see Team Aqua (TCG).
Team Aqua (Japanese: アクア団 Aqua Gang) is one of the villainous teams to be found in Hoenn. They intend to raise the level of the oceans by using the power of Kyogre. Team Aqua's leader is Archie and their rival organization is Team Magma. The uniform is a gray and white shirt, blue jeans with white circles, black gloves and a blue scarf with the Team Aqua's symbol on it, the grunts in the manga also wear a jacket.
In the games
Team Aqua appears in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, but their storyline is mainly followed in Sapphire. Their headquarters are in the Aqua Hideout.
The team is made up of three different ranks:
- Team Aqua Grunt - The lowest ranking members.
- Aqua Admin - High-level managers who oversee devious projects. There are only two on Team Aqua, Matt and Shelly.
- Aqua Leader - In the case of Team Aqua, Archie.
Their Pokémon include Carvanha for Grunts, Sharpedo, Golbat, Mightyena, and Poochyena; in general, they use a mix of Flying-, Poison-, Dark-, and Water-types.
Team Aqua tries to awaken Kyogre in Emerald and Sapphire. In Ruby, they are the protagonist team. In Emerald, you first meet them in the Petalburg woods where they try to steal the Devon goods from a scientist and he runs behind you. Then they are seen taking the goods outside of the Devon building. In Rutsurf Tunnel they held Peeko hostage. They are then seen lined up in front of the Oceanic Museum to get in and learn about the ocean and you battle Archie for the first time. The first major appearance (in force) is on Mt. Chimney where they are trying to stop Team Magma from erupting the volcano. Their first obviously evil act is taking over the Weather Institute, which is to find Kyogre's tracks (rain) it is run by Shelly. They steal an orb from Mt. Pyre. The Aqua Hideout near Lilycove city is their main base where they take the submarine that they stole from Slateport city. It is guarded by Matt. Then they go underwater to Seafloor Cavern, awaken Kyogre and the battle begins, Shelly commands. Archie then regrets doing this and returns the orb to the mountain.
In the anime
The Team Aqua history is introduced in Stairway to Devon where a member of the team infiltrated Devon Corporation and stole two capsules of Creation Fluid, but his plans are stopped by Jessie and James who want to steal the same liquid (which is really water). In On a Wingull and a Prayer!, this same member takes a boat of Mr. Briney's to escape from the police and heads for open ocean, where a Team Aqua submarine rescues him.
Team Aqua later appears in A Three Team Scheme and Unfair Weather Friends. Their final, and most prominent appearance is in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends, when they and Team Magma begin the battle between Kyogre and Groudon.
In the manga
Team Aqua's goal was to create more sea in the Hoenn region, and are the bitter enemies of Team Magma, because they wanted to expand the land area. To do this, they decided to capture Kyogre, a legendary water Pokémon that had been sleeping in the Cave of Origin. After the Team's plans were thwarted, Archie went insane and tried to destroy everything that had caused this. Team Aqua also had influence in the media. They could cover up their schemes while airing anti-Team Magma propaganda.
In the TCG
Team Aqua's Pokémon cards are found in the EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua set. Special ones include Archie (which allows a player to choose one Team Aqua's Pokémon from their deck), Team Aqua Conspirator, Team Magma Schemer, Team Aqua Hideout, Team Aqua Technical Machine 01, Team Aqua Belt, Team Aqua Ball, and Aqua Energy. These Pokémon can be found under their control:
- Chinchou
- Lanturn
- Poochyena (2)
- Mightyena (2)
- Corphish (3)
- Crawdaunt (2)
- Carvanha (3)
- Sharpedo (2)
- Electrike (3)
- Manectric (2)
- Seviper
- Cacnea
- Cacturne
- Spheal (2)
- Sealeo (2)
- Walrein
- Kyogre
See Also
- Kyogre
- EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua
- Team Aqua (TCG)
- Aqua Leader
- Aqua Admin
- Team Aqua Grunt
- SSS
- Aqua Hideout
- Team Magma
 Team Aqua
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| Team Aqua Hideout | |||||
| Leader | Administrators | Grunts | |||
| Archie (Masters) |
Matt | Shelly | Team Aqua Grunts | Zinnia (Masters) | |
| Manga | |||||
| Amber | |||||
